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billybones
·hace 2 meses·discuss
> Also, Better Auth’s X presence is pretty much centered around criticizing every auth provider out there, so the discourse there tends to skew heavily negative.

This from an account created 2 hours ago, with a username that’s a negation of the BetterAuth founder…

If you’re Clerk stakeholder why not just come out as yourself and engage openly!
billybones
·el año pasado·discuss
Set a reminder for 10 years from now. Let's see how many incredible new tech products have been built. My guess is that ~any judge will decide that it turned out there were a lot of things still to be built
billybones
·hace 2 años·discuss
Sadly, this looks pretty toothless. The fine for noncompliance is $2k.

Given the average price for an NYC apartment at north of $3k, the cost to a landlord of complying with the law even once looks significantly higher than the cost of the paying the fine.
billybones
·hace 2 años·discuss
ChatGPT's response to "can you summarize this in lay terms":

In studies of the "RNA world," a theoretical early stage in the origin of life where RNA molecules played a crucial role, researchers have observed that parasitism is a common phenomenon. This means that some molecules can exploit others for their own benefit, which could lead to the extinction of those being exploited unless certain protective measures are in place, such as separating the molecules into compartments or arranging them in specific patterns.

By thinking of RNA replication as a kind of active process, similar to a computer running a program, researchers can explore various strategies that RNA might use to adapt to challenges in its environment. The study uses computer models to investigate how parasitism emerges and how complexity develops in response.

Initially, the system starts with a designed RNA molecule that can copy itself and occasionally makes small mistakes (mutations) during this process. Very quickly, shorter RNA molecules that act as parasites appear. These parasites are copied more rapidly because of their shorter length, giving them an advantage. In response, the original replicating molecules also become shorter to speed up their own replication. They develop ways to slow down the copying process, which helps reduce the advantage parasites have.

Over time, the replicating molecules also evolve more complex methods to distinguish between their own copies and the parasites. This complexity grows as new parasite species keep arising, not from evolving existing parasites, but from mutations in the replicating molecules themselves.

The process of evolution changes as well, with increases in mutation rates and the emergence of new mutation processes. As a result, parasitism not only drives the evolution of more complex replicators but also leads to the development of complex ecosystems. In summary, the study shows how parasitism can be a powerful force that promotes complexity and diversity in evolving systems.
billybones
·hace 2 años·discuss
I didn’t read this as “10% will become 100B businesses”,

I read this as “10% are hot”—probably the author meant “like a team out of OAI” but maybe they meant “like recent rounds of OAI have been”.

In any case this post read as sophisticated, reasonable, and helpful, to me.